Youbao Chapter 3: Killing the Corpse (3)
Then they are not very innocent, I said.
If it runs to your city, will you feel innocent? Because I told you, you believed it, so you know that the corpses do not eat human flesh. But what about others? How many people will believe what I said? If I didn't bring you here today, you probably wouldn't believe it.
Although I didn't want to admit it, I still nodded, proving that what he said made sense. If it was a few days ago, the old Taoist priest talked about zombies in front of me, I would definitely give him ten dollars and tell him to go away.
However, they are indeed innocent, but for the sake of the living, we must stand on the opposite side. The old Taoist sighed and said: If it was a few hundred years ago, there would be no need to use this method, just trap it and prevent it from moving. It's a pity that the power of Taoism is missing now, and even your lineage can decline. If you don't get rid of it now, I'm afraid no one will be able to get rid of it in the future. Rather than waiting to see it conflict with humans in the future, it's better to kill it now.
When the old Taoist priest said this, his tone was decisive and filled with murderous intent that frightened me.
I was probably shocked by the old Taoist priest and didn't dare to speak for a long time.
Where is the ground corpse now? I asked.
I don’t know, said the old Taoist priest.
I don’t know… I was sweating a little. What kind of answer is this?
That’s why I brought you and the jade pendant here.
"Huh?" I asked in surprise.
The Jade Pendant can detect evil things. If you use the spiritual blood of your lineage to activate it, you should be able to find it. But your lineage has declined too much and has no Taoist power at all. I don’t know how far you can detect. But the Jade Pendant can only be used by your lineage, otherwise I wouldn’t have brought a young man like you here. The old Taoist said with a look of regret on his face.
The love jade pendant is a radar, I am the radar operator, and I am the only one who has the key. This key also has a DNA detection device, so only the person himself can use it.
This news is so deceptive...
You're not afraid it will run away, I said.
There is no other way. With my ability, I cannot deal with it alone. Therefore, I have to ask the bronze-armored corpse for help. However, it is extremely difficult to refine the bronze-armored corpse now. It will take at least two days to truly refine Gamu's bronze-armored corpse. The old Taoist said.
Gamu, so this is the old man's name, how weird.
You should go to bed early, or you may not be able to make it through the night, the old Taoist priest suddenly said.
Huh? Is there anything special going on tonight?
Otherwise, why do you think I scattered copper coins and hung bronze mirrors? said the old Taoist priest.
I didn't dare ask what would happen that night because I was afraid that my heart would jump out of my chest.
This is too scary. I thought I was here to explore and solve puzzles, but after a while I had to fight zombies and they wanted me to bleed. It's too scary and inhumane.
Although I was a little nervous, I fell asleep soon after lying in bed, perhaps because of the low energy caused by vomiting before.
When I woke up again, the old Taoist priest was still sitting beside the bed.
I don't know what I was thinking, but I nervously put my finger to his nose to see if he was still alive.
What are you doing? The old Taoist priest suddenly spoke, almost scaring me to death.
Uh, nothing, I just wanted to ask you what time it is. I said.
Don’t you have a watch? The old Taoist said: Judging from the sky, it should be the hour of Xu.
God knows what time it is. I looked at my watch and it was seven minutes to seven.
My stomach growled a few times, and the old Taoist priest sat there and said: There is food on the table, and it's still warm.
I got out of bed and looked over. There was indeed a bowl of rice. I used chopsticks to shovel food into my mouth while asking: "Have you eaten? When did you leave?"
The old Taoist priest's answer made me laugh out loud.
What time is the third quarter of the You hour? There is no Baidu, why not answer me within 24 hours? I counted the time on my fingers while eating, and I only know that the Zi hour is 11 o'clock. What comes after Zi? Sun? It doesn't seem right...
What do we do at night? I asked.
sleep.
Uh... I feel a little choked. I go to bed right after waking up. Is there no nightlife here?
If you want to go out and see the bronze-armored corpse, you can go, but the bronze-armored corpse is very wild at night, and Gamu will not restrain it too much. The bronze-armored corpse does not like to eat people.
Before I could relax, the old Taoist priest said again: It only likes to kill people.
I started coughing violently, a mouthful of rice got stuck in my throat, and my eyes turned white from coughing, but the old Taoist priest didn't come over to show concern.
What kind of place is this? They refine corpses in the house during the day and release the bronze-armored corpses at night. It feels like walking the dog after dinner.
But after hearing what the old Taoist priest said, I would never dare to go out again.
Why release the bronze-armored corpse?
Refining corpses and absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.
Can't I breathe in a house? The essence shouldn't be blocked by a house.
If you were placed in a small room to breathe, would you feel suffocated? Would you want to beat someone up after a while? The old Taoist priest said.
I thought about it and maybe.
Then why don't we come back two days later?
Refining a corpse is very difficult, and I am afraid that Gamu cannot control it. These are the last two days, and it is easy for something to go wrong, the old Taoist explained.
The more I talked, the scarier it got. In my mind, an image of a horrible corpse dragging an iron chain around, killing people and demolishing houses it saw appeared.
Why don't you go to Gamu's room to help him? If something happens here, you won't be able to , I asked curiously.
The old Taoist priest got down from the bed, his hands trembling, and he lit the oil lamp with some unknown means.
Under the dim light of the oil lamp, his face looked a little strange.
You want me to leave this room and help him?
Actually, I really wanted to say no, but a sense of justice spread in my heart, and I said: Well, it would be terrible if something happened to him.
Yes. The old Taoist nodded and walked outside. As he walked, he said: Not only Gamu is refining corpses here, but every family is refining them. If the bronze-armored corpse rushes in, you hide on the bed and don't move, wait for me to come back.
I opened my mouth and really wanted to slap myself. Damn Taoist priest, isn't this obviously a trick to trick me?
But I really couldn't open my mouth to ask him to stay, that would be like slapping myself.
The old Taoist priest showed no mercy and walked out resolutely and decisively.
The click of the door closing indicated that my heart had reached rock bottom.
Are you kidding me ? What kind of place is this? Every household refines corpses? When I looked around during the day, there were at least a dozen households around. Wouldn't that mean there were a dozen bronze-armored corpses?
Thinking about a bunch of corpses rushing into the room, howling and making a fuss at me, I didn't care about eating anymore. I quickly ran to the bed and huddled under the Bagua mirror.
Time passed unusually slowly. Every time I felt like a long time had passed, I would raise my hand to look at the watch, only to find that only a few minutes had passed.
I didn't know when the old Taoist priest would come back, and I was looking forward to the door being opened, but I was also afraid of it being opened. This was such a contradictory feeling that made me a little confused.
Damn old man, he didn't even leave me some peach wood sword or black dog blood or anything like that. There's nothing in this room except a broken oil lamp, a bowl and a pair of chopsticks.
If a bronze-armored corpse really comes in, can the Bagua mirror stop it? What is the use of copper coins? Can I lure the bronze-armored corpse to pick up the money without hurting me?
No matter how I think about it, it's impossible. I started to regret my impulsive belief in the old Taoist priest. If I hadn't been impulsive, I would be eating melon seeds and watching a movie at home, or going to KTV to sing a few songs with my friends.
And now, I can only shrink under a bronze mirror, like a woman about to be violated.
Just when I was worried, I suddenly heard a shrill roar coming from outside.
The sound was almost the same as the one I heard during the day. For a moment, I felt all the hairs on my body stand up.
Could this be the cry of the bronze-armored corpse? What the hell is this? It's just a corpse refinement, why is there such a big noise?
After the first roar, there were a few weaker roars, and then there was a chaotic noise and voices outside.
There was no window in the room. I wanted to go to the door to take a look or listen, but I was afraid of seeing something strange through the crack in the door.
Therefore, I could only continue to huddle in bed and listen carefully.
The roar would occur at regular intervals, about fifteen minutes apart.
After listening to it for a while, I got used to it. It's just a bark, what's so scary about it? It would be scary if it didn't bark, because who knows what it's doing.
However, not long after this thought came to my mind, I felt that the intervals between the roars this time seemed a little long.
Looking at the watch, it's already one o'clock in the morning.
What happened? Why did it suddenly go silent?
Everything was quiet, and the noise just now seemed like an illusion. But I knew it was not an illusion, and I was not so nervous.
What should I do? Should I grab the oil lamp first? If a corpse really appears, I will smash it all over the head.
But it is also possible that it would grab the oil lamp, pin me down on the bed and beat me up.
The old Taoist priest said that the Bronze-Armored Corpse loves killing people the most, and an ordinary young man like me is the most suitable person to be killed.
Just as I was daydreaming, the door creaked and was pushed open with great force.
With a bang, the two door panels hit the wall, and I screamed in fright.
What are you yelling for? The old Taoist priest's voice reached my ears, with a look of impatience on his face. I saw him slowly walking in from outside.
I let out a long breath and covered my chest: I was scared to death.
The old Taoist frowned and looked at me without saying anything. But even with the dim oil lamp, I could still see clearly his expression of disappointment.
I remembered that the old Taoist priest once said that my ancestors were once very powerful people. This old man must think that my expression is unworthy of the reputation of my ancestors.
I felt my ears getting hot and I felt a little ashamed.
I thought it was the bronze-armored corpse rushing in.
It's not that easy. If the bronze-armored corpse can run around, then what's the point of refining the corpse? The old Taoist priest said unhappily.
In fact, I always felt that the old Taoist priest didn’t like me very much.
Maybe he felt that my ancestors were very powerful, but my generation was very ordinary. He must feel very disappointed, which can be heard from the tone of his previous speech.
But can I be blamed for this? Forget about magic power. I have only seen things about demons and ghosts in novels and movies. My family has never talked about this. I don’t know why. Is it because they have been too aggressive in dispelling superstition?
I just heard the bronze-armored corpse howling, why is there no sound now? I asked, changing the subject.
Time has passed, and tonight's corpse refining is over. Of course, there will be no more sound. If you are not satisfied with what you hear, I will take you to listen in person? The old Taoist priest walked over and said.
I was so that I didn't know what to say.
When the old Taoist priest walked to the oil lamp, I noticed that his sleeve was torn, as if it had been torn off by someone and was hanging down to the side.
You're hurt? I was a little surprised.
